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Directions: Use this questionnaire to evaluation all primary source material assigned for each chapter this semester.

Historians study sources to reconstruct the life$-$styles and events of previous generations $($what actually happened in the past$),$ as well as to understand the past as the people who lived it did $-$ to examine their ideas and thoughts about the world. By using sources, historians actually create history. They craft an understanding of the people, events, ideas, trends, and themes of the past based upon their interpretation of those sources.

Who is the author? Who wrote or created this? Is there a single or multiple authors? An author's identity sometimes helps you answer the later questions.

What type of source is this? Is it a photograph or a poem? A biography or a government document? This is a simple but crucial step because you must consider what you can expect to learn from the document.

When was is created?

Is this a reprinted source? Who reprinted the source and when was it reprinted?